Pet Peeves IV

[overdrive]

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Any idea how much it costs to do?

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Not sure what it is now. A mate got his done a few years ago and I’m sure he said it cost about £8k

[Onceinawhile]

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Any idea how much it costs to do?

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A decent garage conversion is probably about 12k now.

Was 10k when we got ours done in 2021

[Mon Dieu4]

Two totally unrelated and not Italian people have said ciao to me on the phone this week

[Moulin Yarns]

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Two totally unrelated and not Italian people have said ciao to me on the phone this week

With a French username it should have been au revoir

[Keith_M]

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Worked for me

[Jones28]

Corporate stingey-ness. Anyone else?

Few examples.

1 - took this job up in February, got given a new Ipad, which is great but relatively useless. In fact it sits on my desk out of battery unless I'm going to be going away for work and I take it with me instead of the laptop. I like to use 3 screens when I'm working so asked IT to send me an extra screen and one of the Lenovo docking stations which they said I wasn't eligible for with no explanation.

2 - on starting the job I bought a desk, chair etc through my company credit card which then got queried, even though I'm a designated home worker and my boss had ok'd me to go ahead and buy these things.

3 - my credit card is limited to £750, so if I go away for a week and have to book flights plus 3 hotels the card is often maxed out and I have to then pay my own money and claim it back. This has happened a few times, just increase the ****ing limit!

4 - flights: I use Easyjet which obviously sting you at every turn, to get an extra cabin bag I have to buy the package that gives you speedy boarding and lets you choose your seat. I got asked why I'd paid more to book a seat and get speedy boarding, despite having been told to do this by my boss.

5 - got told if I was travelling by car for a day or more I should be providing/buying lunch on my own dime for the first day of travel as I would be getting my own if I were at home anyway.

6 - doing a trip south in a few weeks for which I am hiring a car - company policy on trips of 100 miles or more - which I don't mind at all. However this trip is going to by near enough 1000 miles in a week by the time I'm home, also going to be away for 3 or 4 nights depending on how tired I am. When I asked for something nicer than the bottom level of car enterprise offer this got refused. For context I had a Corsa on hire last week for a day trip and after 3 hours (out of 5 total that day) I had numb bum and was stiff as a board.

Just **** off and pay the money.

[Pretty Boy]

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Corporate stingey-ness. Anyone else?

Few examples.

1 - took this job up in February, got given a new Ipad, which is great but relatively useless. In fact it sits on my desk out of battery unless I'm going to be going away for work and I take it with me instead of the laptop. I like to use 3 screens when I'm working so asked IT to send me an extra screen and one of the Lenovo docking stations which they said I wasn't eligible for with no explanation.

2 - on starting the job I bought a desk, chair etc through my company credit card which then got queried, even though I'm a designated home worker and my boss had ok'd me to go ahead and buy these things.

3 - my credit card is limited to £750, so if I go away for a week and have to book flights plus 3 hotels the card is often maxed out and I have to then pay my own money and claim it back. This has happened a few times, just increase the ****ing limit!

4 - flights: I use Easyjet which obviously sting you at every turn, to get an extra cabin bag I have to buy the package that gives you speedy boarding and lets you choose your seat. I got asked why I'd paid more to book a seat and get speedy boarding, despite having been told to do this by my boss.

5 - got told if I was travelling by car for a day or more I should be providing/buying lunch on my own dime for the first day of travel as I would be getting my own if I were at home anyway.

6 - doing a trip south in a few weeks for which I am hiring a car - company policy on trips of 100 miles or more - which I don't mind at all. However this trip is going to by near enough 1000 miles in a week by the time I'm home, also going to be away for 3 or 4 nights depending on how tired I am. When I asked for something nicer than the bottom level of car enterprise offer this got refused. For context I had a Corsa on hire last week for a day trip and after 3 hours (out of 5 total that day) I had numb bum and was stiff as a board.

Just **** off and pay the money.

Some of those are bonkers.

My current work are not without their faults but they are pretty good about stuff like that. Drinks and/or food when meeting customers, fuel, other transport costs, food when away etc is almost never queried and the company cards have limits of £7K on them so very unlikely you will max it out or be stuck. A previous job once made me pay back £4.50 because I got onion rings and chips with a burger when away for the night and that was classed as two meals

We have just been taken over by a bigger company though so who knows if things will be tightened up a bit.

[overdrive]

Imbalanced cancellation policies. I was meant to have our boiler service this morning sometime between 8 and 12. We were at the Scotland game last night and with getting in late we considered on Wednesday afternoon that we might reschedule it. However, we couldn’t as you weren’t allowed to reschedule within 48 hours of the appointment.

So no sign of the guy, then at 11.30 I got a text saying “your boiler service has been rescheduled to Monday 16th September”. No apology. No explanation. So they can reschedule right up to half an hour before the end of the window they are meant to arrive in but we can’t?

[overdrive]

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Some of those are bonkers.

My current work are not without their faults but they are pretty good about stuff like that. Drinks and/or food when meeting customers, fuel, other transport costs, food when away etc is almost never queried and the company cards have limits of £7K on them so very unlikely you will max it out or be stuck. A previous job once made me pay back £4.50 because I got onion rings and chips with a burger when away for the night and that was classed as two meals

We have just been taken over by a bigger company though so who knows if things will be tightened up a bit.

I know someone who bought something for work purposes on her credit card which happened to be a Tesco Clubcard credit card. Her work wanted her to pay back the value of the Tesco Clubcard points she got through buying the work stuff

[Pretty Boy]

When you get a couple of ex footballers on a podcast and they all fall about laughing at something totally banal as if it's the funniest thing in the world. They really must live in a bubble with no access to outside humour. It seems particulalry bad among guys from the west of Scotland with Charlie Mulgrew seeming to be the chosen one for 'the banter'.

'So we're in the changing room before training right? You know how it is right? And big Charlie comes in and you know what he's like right? A total character so he is. So he's like I'm going to get wee Lenny today and well you know what Lenny's like right? Lenny loved the berry Powerade, the red one right? But he can't stand the blue one, typical Lenny ha ha ha. So Charlie takes his water bottle, cause it's no see through right? So you can't see what's in it. And it's got blue stuff in it so he looks like he's swapped it with Lenny's. So we're all pissing oursleves going no way man, no way has he just done that. And Charlie is sitting there with a straight face and well Lenny spots it right away so he's like what's going on here but he eventually takes a drink and says nothing, says nothing. Then wee Gordon walks in and he's like what's going on here and everybody is just sitting there saying nothing wondering when Lenny is going to kick off. But then the gaffer reaches for his bottle and takes a drink and spits it out everywhere. Turns out big Charlie knows Gordon can't stand the red stuff either and it's his bottle he's swapped all along, a pure double bluff so it was. So Gordon is raging, he's shouting and throwing things about and big Charlie with a totally straight face is like did you enjoy your drink gaffer? Well that does it right? We're all laughing, Wee Aiden is just about choking he's laughing that much. The only one not really laughing was big Georgie Samaras but big Sammy was strange like that, he seemed to have a brain or something. But that was Charlie, you had to be on your guard every day.'

[overdrive]

Booking taxis. What’s the point? They never turn up. Booked a taxi last night to take us to the airport. Booked for 10.45am this morning. Still not here.

Same the last several times we’ve taken a taxi to the airport.

Taxi was hours late for my wedding.

Don’t get me started on the apps for the taxi companies. All of them send you on an infinite loop when trying to log in. Put in password and they say it’s wrong. You put in your details for “forgot my password” and they say - you don’t have an account. So you go to create a new account it stops you as it says you already have an account.

Gett - the drivers accept, get close then cancel.

[Smartie]

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Booking taxis. What’s the point? They never turn up. Booked a taxi last night to take us to the airport. Booked for 10.45am this morning. Still not here.

Same the last several times we’ve taken a taxi to the airport.

Taxi was hours late for my wedding.

Don’t get me started on the apps for the taxi companies. All of them send you on an infinite loop when trying to log in. Put in password and they say it’s wrong. You put in your details for “forgot my password” and they say - you don’t have an account. So you go to create a new account it stops you as it says you already have an account.

Gett - the drivers accept, get close then cancel.

I rarely take taxis these days, but I had to book one to the airport a few months ago.

The whole “getting a taxi” business is miles worse than it was 10 years ago - when you could just phone up any one of a number of numbers with reasonable notice and one would arrive, allowing for peak times when you’d expect it to be a bit less predictable.

Empty ranks, crap apps, phones that aren’t answered seems to be the way to go.

I’m assuming Uber (who I refuse to use) have just f***** the whole thing up and it’s now a race to the bottom with crap service everywhere?

[Scouse Hibee]

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I rarely take taxis these days, but I had to book one to the airport a few months ago.

The whole “getting a taxi” business is miles worse than it was 10 years ago - when you could just phone up any one of a number of numbers with reasonable notice and one would arrive, allowing for peak times when you’d expect it to be a bit less predictable.

Empty ranks, crap apps, phones that aren’t answered seems to be the way to go.

I’m assuming Uber (who I refuse to use) have just f***** the whole thing up and it’s now a race to the bottom with crap service everywhere?

I use the City Cabs app, never have any problems,always on time and reliable. Took me to airport at 3am on time and always have been.

[SteveHFC]

Restaurant’s adding an optional service charge onto the bill.

[Stairway 2 7]

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Restaurant’s adding an optional service charge onto the bill.

Farce eh, had it when I've bought one pint before

[Jim44]

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Restaurant’s adding an optional service charge onto the bill.

This happened to me earlier this evening (Tony Macaroni). To be honest, I normally give 10% unless the service has been poor. Also, I’ve got a bad habit of just looking at the total and, if it seems about right, settle up and tip cash, if I’m carrying it, or tell them to add 10% tip to the bill. Tonight, for some reason, I thought it was a bit steep, so decided to check the bill. The first thing I noticed was a 10% service charge. Service had been very good and I would have given 10% but it would have been 20%, had I not looked closely. Lesson learned.

[EH6 Hibby]

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Booking taxis. What’s the point? They never turn up. Booked a taxi last night to take us to the airport. Booked for 10.45am this morning. Still not here.

Same the last several times we’ve taken a taxi to the airport.

Taxi was hours late for my wedding.

Don’t get me started on the apps for the taxi companies. All of them send you on an infinite loop when trying to log in. Put in password and they say it’s wrong. You put in your details for “forgot my password” and they say - you don’t have an account. So you go to create a new account it stops you as it says you already have an account.

Gett - the drivers accept, get close then cancel.

I booked an Uber to get to Edinburgh airport flight connecting at Gatwick to Cancun. It arrived 5 minutes early. I was infuriated. Those minutes are used for items needed right up until leaving such as toothbrushes and straighteners. He waited though so still tipped him and gave a high rating.

[grunt]

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I booked an Uber to get to Edinburgh airport flight connecting at Gatwick to Cancun. It arrived 5 minutes early. I was infuriated. Those minutes are used for items needed right up until leaving such as toothbrushes and straighteners. He waited though so still tipped him and gave a high rating.

[Smartie]

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I use the City Cabs app, never have any problems,always on time and reliable. Took me to airport at 3am on time and always have been.

Good to know - thanks.

Easy to miss useful stuff like this when you use them as infrequently as I do, but it seemed to be much more straightforward to find something suitable off the cuff a while back.

[overdrive]

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Good to know - thanks.

Easy to miss useful stuff like this when you use them as infrequently as I do, but it seemed to be much more straightforward to find something suitable off the cuff a while back.

City Cabs’ (cr)app is one of the ones that had me on an infinite loop.

Anyway, when we eventually got a taxi we said to the driver and he said that most black cab drivers will refuse a fare to the airport now since the contract for the airport rank went to a private hire company. Partly out of principle, but mostly because they will struggle to get a fare for the way back,

He actually said you’d be better getting a private hire for an airport run.

[Scouse Hibee]

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City Cabs’ (cr)app is one of the ones that had me on an infinite loop.

Anyway, when we eventually got a taxi we said to the driver and he said that most black cab drivers will refuse a fare to the airport now since the contract for the airport rank went to a private hire company. Partly out of principle, but mostly because they will struggle to get a fare for the way back,

He actually said you’d be better getting a private hire for an airport run.

Not really sure how they struggle to get a fare back, they can still pick up if someone books them on the app. I landed on Thursday went to taxi area, ordered cab on City Cabs app and he was there within minutes. He said they sit just a few minutes away. Any how it’s your Pet Peeve and that’s fair enough 👍

[Hibrandenburg]

How some people pronounce the h in vehicle.

[SaulGoodman]

Watching a film, “Damaged” on prime video. Set in Edinburgh, it’s been pretty **** but not bad for a long weekend film that you can switch your brain off and watch.

Towards the end the Scottish detective is chasing down a suspect on the M90 towards the queensferry crossing. He says over the radio “I’m in pursuit on the Livingston Highway”

.. the Livingston Highway? Ruined the movie for me.

[Wilson]

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How some people pronounce the h in vehicle.

Clifton James as Sheriff J W Pepper can get away with it. Nobody else!

[Jones28]

Watching “The Boys” on Amazon Prime at the moment. Really enjoying it but the Cockney cop guys accent keeps slipping.

Why not get an actual Cockney/English actor to play him?

Just irritating.

[SaulGoodman]

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Watching “The Boys” on Amazon Prime at the moment. Really enjoying it but the Cockney cop guys accent keeps slipping.

Why not get an actual Cockney/English actor to play him?

Just irritating.

Oi! Ue! Omelandah done killed me woife!

[Jones28]

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Oi! Ue! Omelandah done killed me woife!

Also - Frenchie is a dead ringer for Dylan Vente.

[RyeSloan]

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Watching a film, “Damaged” on prime video. Set in Edinburgh, it’s been pretty **** but not bad for a long weekend film that you can switch your brain off and watch.

Towards the end the Scottish detective is chasing down a suspect on the M90 towards the queensferry crossing. He says over the radio “I’m in pursuit on the Livingston Highway”

.. the Livingston Highway? Ruined the movie for me.

Think your being generous with that review.

Could have been half decent but defo wasn’t. Quickly descended into farce topped off by that awful closing CGI scene where somehow we were meant to think a serial killer getting away was a great cheeky chappie moment.

But since it’s the peeve thread I’ll chuck in a couple of ones from this movie that came straight out the how it make a movie for dummies book that so many bad movies use.

The protagonists always have easy access to guns. Even if the movie is based in Scotland somehow the detective and the visiting consultant from the US have a side arm whenever needed.

The dodgy character has to visit a strip club at some point.

The main character (normally a detective of some sort) has to have had a traumatic life event happen to them (dead child, wife/husband lost to cancer or whatever)

Same character also needs to attend work the next day after losing another close friend, relative or whoever and / or must get straight back to work after a horror accident by ripping their drip out of their arm and leaving hospital.

Nothing bad can happen without then an immediate need for whisky.

This movie pretty much had it all when it came to these and probably a few more I’ve forgotten!

[SaulGoodman]

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Think your being generous with that review.

Could have been half decent but defo wasn’t. Quickly descended into farce topped off by that awful closing CGI scene where somehow we were meant to think a serial killer getting away was a great cheeky chappie moment.

But since it’s the peeve thread I’ll chuck in a couple of ones from this movie that came straight out the how it make a movie for dummies book that so many bad movies use.

The protagonists always have easy access to guns. Even if the movie is based in Scotland somehow the detective and the visiting consultant from the US have a side arm whenever needed.

The dodgy character has to visit a strip club at some point.

The main character (normally a detective of some sort) has to have had a traumatic life event happen to them (dead child, wife/husband lost to cancer or whatever)

Same character also needs to attend work the next day after losing another close friend, relative or whoever and / or must get straight back to work after a horror accident by ripping their drip out of their arm and leaving hospital.

Nothing bad can happen without then an immediate need for whisky.

This movie pretty much had it all when it came to these and probably a few more I’ve forgotten!

I did make that post before the end, the ending definitely knocked the score down by a few numbers.

Such a bizarre ending. I’m sure I just sat and stared at the credits in disbelief.

[weecounty hibby]

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